Table of Contents

DRAFT CONTENTS The origins of Soyuz: The early 1960s, prior to official approval for the Moon programme, and the designers have lunar circumnavigation in their sites. Development of the first generations, including design, systems and test flights up to and including the first flight in 1967, in which cosmonaut Komarov is killed. Early missions: Flights resume in 1968 and early missions demonstrate rendezvous and docking. Zond flights around the Moon indicate an imminent Soviet circumlunar mission. Russia uses Soyuz as a major part of its Moon programme (this section will be described in detail and include the Russian Lunar Module and images of actual hardware).

About the Author

Dr David Baker, an Englishman, worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990 and has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology. His previous titles for Haynes include NASA Mars Rovers Manual (H5370), International Space Station Manual (H5218) and NASA Space Shuttle Manual (H4866). He lives in East Sussex.